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S. 1-1. PARRISH. PAGING AND NUMBBRING MACHINE,

Patented Mar. 23, 1852.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

STEPHEN E. PARRISH, OF NE'W YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO S. B. CLAYTON &SONS.

MACHINE FOR PAGING BOOKS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 8,830, dated March 23, 1852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN E. PARRISI-I, of the city, county, and Stateof New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Machinery forNumbering or Lettering Books, Checks, &c.; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full description of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in combining together a series ofnumber or letter plat'es upon a cylinder or barrel, and cutting on theperipheries of the plates a series of numbers or letters from one to thedecimal point, and by means of springs, and pins attached thereto, andholes through the plates corresponding with the number of letters ontheir peripheries, and a changer plate attached to the end of thecylinder, operated by a cap plate having a ratchet and pawl, containedtherein, made to count or number from 1 to 99,999 as the circumstancesrequire. Secondly in combining with the operations of this combinationwheel and levers to operate the same, a rotating inking table and inkingrollers, so that as the printing roller is drawn back after theimpression has been given to the page of the book, &c., the levers forceout the inking rollers so as to ink the next series of numbers to beprinted, and at the same time in doing this, to cause the inking tableto move on its center by means of a pawl acting upon a ratchet wheelattached to the lower side of the inking or distributing table, and thendraw back again the inking rollers as the type wheel comes down to givethe next impression. Thirdly in combining with the operations of theprinting and inking apparatus, a bed to print upon, having adjustableguides for giving uniformity to the letters or numbers printed on theobverse and rei erse sides of pages of books, 850. and also anadjustable table to accommodate the thickness of the book and facilitatethereby the convenience of working the machines. But to describe mymachine more particularly I will refer to the accompanying drawingsforming a part of this schedule the same letters referring to the sameparts wherever they occur.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the ma chine. Fig. 2 is a frontelevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the inking rollers andinking table. Fig. 4 is a cut section view of the type wheel. Fig. 5 isa cut section view of the cylinder, on which type plates.

the type plates are arranged, and the pins for holding the plates inposition by the indentations in the inner circumference of the Fig. 6 isa view of the last or 5th number plate. Fig. 7 is a view of the 4th, 3d,and 2d number plates, showing a channel way in one side of them, andspring having a pin in the end of it for taking into one of the holes ofthe higher number plate as it comes on a line with the pin in the 1stplate. Fig. 8 is a view of the 1st number plate, showing the end of thechanging pin projecting through its face, and attached at the back to aspring confined in a channel way the same as in the 2nd 3rd and 4thnumber plates. Fig. 9 is a view of the changer having two pin or screwholes in it for attaching it to the end of the cylinder after the numberplates have been put on. Fig. 10 is a view of the ratchet wheel, havingan equal number of subdivisions on it as are on the type wheels. Fig. 11is the cap, having the ratchet wheel in it, and pawl for rotating it asthe lever attached to the cap is elevated by the motion of themachinery.

Letter A, is the frame of the machinery.

B, is the standard for supporting the rod C, to which the type wheel D,is attached,

and the lever E, for operating the same. This rod G, has an eye in itsupper end, for the end of the lever E, to operate in for rais ing ordepressing it. In the lower end of it is a supporting piece F, for thetype wheel D. This type wheel is made by combining together a series offive plates f f f f 7, each having on its periphery ten subdivisions,corresponding to the figure 1 to the decimal point 0. In each of theseplates (except f are also ten holes corresponding to the number ofdivisions on the periphery, and also ten subdivisions made on the innercircumference of the plates. The plate f, is made plain, each of theothers on the inner face has a channel way cut in it, to contain aspring (09,) having a pin in one end, of sufficient length that whenpressed by the pin in the preceding plate through one of the holes, itwill enter the hole opposite it in the succeeding plate, and cause it tomove forward with it one number. These plates are arranged in the ordermentioned above, on a cylinder or barrel 6 having journals for runningin the arms of the supporting piece F, as a center of action for thetype wheels. In this cylinder or barrel are drilled five holes, intowhich five pins (Z (Z (Z (Z and are inserted, their lower ends restingon spiral springs. These pins, are used for the purpose of holding thetype plates in position by their ends being forced against the angles ofthe faces of the inner circumference of the plates, by means of thespiral springs. Against the end of this cylinder or barrel a changerplate 9 is secured by screws or pins. This plate has a small projectionon its periphery, against which the end of the spring /2 is made to comein contact once in each revolution of the plate which pressing thespring 7L1, in, causes the inner end of it to enter the hole in theplate f opposite it, and thereby cause it to move forward one number ateach revolution of plate fflin consequence of the alternating motion ofthe cap G, and pawl j attached thereto acting on the ratchet wheel H,secured to the face of plate 7, of the type wheel by means of pins orother contrivance to hold them firmly together. This cap plate G, has abent lever 76 attached to it, which resting against an arm I, having itsback end secured to the inking lever J, causes it to have an alternatingmotion as the levers are operated to take an impression, and in doing soto keep up a uniform constant changing of the numbers of the type wheelas the machine is worked.

Letter K, is the inking roller frame having two inking rollers of theusual make in it. To the back of the frame is a rod Z which is supportedby boxes Z and Z Gonnecting with this rod, is the lower end of theinking roller lever J, the upper end of which being attached to the backend of the lever E, by the eye bolt (472 holding together the ends ofthe levers E, and J, and upper end of the connecting rod L, the lowerend of which is connected to the back end of the treadle M.

Letter N is the rotating distributing plate for the ink rollers to runover. This plate has a ratchet wheel (n attached to its under side, andby means of a center pin (a passing through a shoulder piece from theframe of the machine is held securely under the inking rollers. I

Letter 0, is a slide. This slide has apawl in the front end of it, and aspring, for the purpose of acting upon the teeth of the ratchet wheel(72?) as the slide is moved out and in by the projections on the backend of it 0 0 coming in contact with projections on the rod (Z Letter P,is a pawl, having a pressure spring against it, and situated at the backof the inking plate, for the purpose of holding the plate from drawingback along with the slide 0, as it is carried back.

Letter R, is the bed upon which the impression is taken. This bed issecured to the frame in any suitable manner and form for such purposes.To this bed plate is sccured a rod (1' having on each end of it guidepieces (7) and (7- and also on the face of the bed another guide plate(o for the purpose of holding the corners of the pages in uniform andregular order that a finished appearance in the numbering or letteringmay be observed.

Letter S, is the table upon which the book or other article to benumbered is placed. This table has an adjusting screw T, on the underside of it for the purpose of ele vating it as circumstances mayrequire. Should the table not be large enough for work of extraordinarysize leaves may be added to it in the ordinary manner of making tables,&c.

Letter U, is the support for the treadle, and V, is a spiral springattached to it and the back end of the treadle for reacting it.

The operation of my machine is that when the table and guides of the bedhave been arranged and numbers on the type wheel, the book is placed onthe table and the operator on pressing down the front end of thetreadle, causes the type wheel to give an impression of the requirednumber on the margin of the page. When this is done the treadle isreleased when the type wheel is drawn back, and in doing this the bentlever on the cap plate is raised by the arm underneath it, to cause theratchet in the cap plate to move the plate to which it is attached onenumber ahead. At the same time this is done the inking rollers areforced against the face of the type wheel to ink it, and the inker plateis caused to move forward so as to distribute the ink more perfectly forthe action of the ink rollers as they roll over its surface on beingdrawn back for the impression to be taken again.

Having now described my invention and its operations I will proceed tostate what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

What I claim therefore is- 1. The use of the type plates having channelways and springs in their faces, and holes in them, corresponding to theten subdivisions of their peripheries, and their inner circumferencesdivided into ten equal sizes, in combination with a barrel having stoppins in its circumference for the type plates, and a changing plateattached thereto, and ratchet wheel, cap plate, and pawl and bent lever,for the purpose of operating a series of number plates, the saidcombination of parts being entirely distinct from any known mode ofproducing the same result, (that is counting) which I lay no exclusiveclaim to, the principle being well known, and I therefore limit my claimto combination of parts substantially as set forth.

2. I claim the use of the rod C, lever E,

inking roller lever J, and arm I, in combination with the type Wheelsubstantially for the purposes as set forth.

4. I claim the bed R, with guides at- 10 tachecl thereto, in combinationwith the table and type Wheel substantially for the 3. I claim the useof the inking roller purposes as set forth. frame and rod attachedthereto, and rotating ink plate, in combination with the lever J, slide0, and type Wheel and levers operating the same substantially for thepur poses as set forth.

S. E. PARRISH.

Witnesses:

CHARLES L. BARRETT, WM. H. RIBLET.

